Candy-machine.



F. H. WOLF.

CANDY MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 0012s, 1911.

1,108,304. Patented Aug. 25, 1914.

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THE AORRIS PETERS do., nam-LITHO WASNINCYUN, D. L.

P. H. WOOLP.

CANDY MACHINE.

APPLIUATIon 111.111) 001220, 1011.

Patented Aug. 25, 19111 5 SHEETS-SHBBT 2.

THE Nantais PETERS C0.. PHOTCLLITHU.. WASHINGTON. D. C.

F. H. WOLP.

ANDY MACHINE.

APPLICATION NLED 0012.28, 1911 1,108,304. Patented Augz, 1914.

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THE AURRIS PETERS Ca. PHQTU-LiTHO. WASHINGmN, D, L'.

P. H. WOOL?.

CANDY MAGHINB.

APPLICATION FILED 0CT.28, 1911. 1 O8, 304.. Patented Aug. 25, 1914.

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THE MORRIS FKTERS Cu. PHOTv-LITHU.. WASHINGTUN. D

F. H. WOULF.

CANDY MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 0092.28, 1911v 1 1 08.304nl Patented Aug. 25, 1914,

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uUNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

FRANK I-I. WOOLE', CDF CHICAGD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 0F 0NE-HALF TO ISAAC E.

BLOCK,

CANI] YIVI.ACHINE.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that l, F ANR H. leonie a citizen of the United States, residing at 18 lll/'est Chicago avenue, Chicago, county of (look, and State oit Illinois, have invented W certain new and useful Improvements in Dllandy-Machines, of which the lollowing is a specification.

Vll/ly invention relates to improvements in candy machines and more specifically to that class thereol. adapted ilor use in the 'formation oit candy balls.

.llie object oil my invention the production ot a machine oit the character inentioned whichwill be oit durable and `economical construction, one which will. be of high elliciency in operation; and one through the medium of which candy balls in great numbers may be expeditiously formed.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

'W ith these objects in view, my invention consists in a candy machine characterized as abovementioned and in certain details oil construction and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter more iully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

.My invention `will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part ot this specification and in which,

li'iguro l is aside elevation oit a candy machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 'is a top plan view thereof, Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail ott a crank disk iucluded in the construction showing the adn instable mounting oit the wrist pin therein, liig. 4l a sectional side elevation ot the wrist pin detached, Fig. 5 is a top plan view thereof, Fig. t is a vertical section ol' the device taken on substantially line oil1 l-lig. 2, Fig. '7 is a .section taken on substantially line g/w'jf/ oi? Fig. 2, F 8 is an en larged detail of one ot' the pivot pins shown in the constriuttion illustrated in Fig. i", liig. Si an enlarged sectional detail ot a cam included in the construction and the adja cent parts of the constri'lction cooperating therewith, Fig. l() is an enlarged transverse si' tion. oit the machine taken on substantially line e-e of Fig. (i, F il is an en larged sectional detail oi the channel ments which are included in the machine,

showing the same mounted upon ltheir sup.`

Specification of Letters atent.

Application ined october 191i.

Patented A ue. 25,

sei-iai no. 657,333.

porting rods, Fig. l2 is a similar view of channel rollers which iorm a part of the construction, Fig. 13 is a top plan view of .the bottom plate of the hopper, and Fig. 14 is a partial sectional side elevation thereof. y The preferred form ot construction as illustrated in the drawings comprises a supporting trame l. Mounted at the upper end oit the frame l is the hopper 2 which isV pivot-ally secured at 3 so thatwhen the looking bolts 4L are removed said hopper may be swung back so that ready access may be gained to the :feeding roller 5 which. is mounted in the hopper 2 at the lower end thereof. The roller 5 is lined upon the shatt G, the extremities oiE whichare journaled in suitable bearings provided at the opposite sides of the iframe l, said roller being longitudinally corrugated so that when the saine is rotated the corrugated surtace will electually grip the senii-finid candy contained in `the hopper for feeding the saine downwardly toward the discharge `penings 7 provided at the lower end of the hopper. The openings 7 are formed in the short tubes 8 which are spaced apart equally distant in a plate 9 which is removably arrangedi in the bottoinof the hopper. By removably arranging the plate 9 in the hopper as stated it is evident that the same may be readily removed` when desired for cleaning or to replace the same by a plate containing a greater or lesser number oil. discharge openings as desired. Also arranged within the hopper 2 below the feed roller 5. is a strip l0 extending parallel with said roller and in close proximity thereto, said strip being adapted to prevent the adherence oit candy to the periphery of said roller, the same effecting the removal oi the candy :rom the4 roller for discharge through the discharge openings 7.

The feeding roller 5 is intermittently rotated througl'i the medium of meshing gears lil. and lf2., the latter' being carried by a stub shaft 1B which projects from one side of the :l'ralne l. The intermittent rotation of the shaft as mentioned is efl'ected through the medium of a rachet wheel lll which is carried by the shai't 13, pawls 15 which are carried by the rocher arm 16 mounted upon the shalt 123 being adapted to engage with said ratchet `to intermittently rotate the same when said rocher arm is oscillated. It will be observed. as shown in Fig. 7 that two pawls are employed, said pawls being so arranged that when one is in operative position relative to the teeth of the ratchet 11 the other will be positioned midway two adjacent teeth, this arrangement being adopted to permit of a more minute adjustment of the length of the movement imparted to the ratchet wheel without necessitating an increase in the number of teeth in the periphery of the latter, it being clear that this arrangement in effect is tantamount to the employment of one pawl and double the number of teeth in the ratchet.

The lower end of the rocker arm 16 is pivotally connected by means of connecting rod 1T with a crank disk 1S carried by the shaft 19, the latter being operatively connected through meshing gears 19 with the driving shaft 20 which is provided with )ulleys 20 to adapt the same to be driven through the employment of a belt, any suitablepower being used in connection therewith. The connection of the arm 16 with the connecting rod 1T is made through the medium of the pin 16 which is shown in detail in Fig'. S, the wrist pin 21 which connects the opposite end of the rod 1T with the disk 1S being adjustably mounted in aradial slot 21 which is provided in said disk for effecting adjustment of the throw of the rod 17 when said disk is rotated. Longitudinal adjustment of the wrist pin 21 is effected through the medium of a screw 22 the inner end of which is in threaded connection with the centra-l squared portion of said pin. The screw 22 is locked in positions of adjustment in the disk 18 through the medium of the lock nut 23, a lock nut 24C threaded upon one end of the pin 21 cooperating with the block 2st and the shoulders 2l formed upon the pin 21 to lock the latter securely in positions of adjustment, it being clear that the extremities of the block 2li and the shoulders 2li engage agains the opposite sides of the disk 1S at the edges of the slot 21. lilith this construction it will be observed that the adjustment of the throw of the rod 1T and hence the amplitude of rotary movement imparted to the feeding roller may be effected by simply rotating the screw 22, the outer end of the latter being provided with a head in order to facilitate such adjustment.

Arranged below the hopper 2 in close proximity to the lower ends of the discharge tubes S is a severing device comprising a U shaped frame which consists of the side bars 25 and the yoke 26 which connects the rearwar'd ends of said bars 25. rlhe latter are reciprocally mounted in perforated guide lugs 27 secured to the frame 1. 1n said frame is carried a wire member 28 extending transversely thereof between the bars 25, the opposite ends of said wire being adjustably connected with said'bars through the medium of eye bolts 29, thumb nuts 29 threaded upon the outer ends of said eye bolts affording means for maintaining the wire member 28 stretched taut, it being clear that by turning said thumb nuts positively upon said bolts, said mits engaging against the outer sides of the rods 25, the desired tightening of said wire member may be effected. The wire 28 as will be observed is so disposed that upon rcciprocation of the frame in which the same is carried, said wire member will pass in close proximity to the lower extremities of the tubes S so as to be adapted to sever candy strips which may emerge from said tubes. Reciprocation of said frame is effected through the employj ment of a connecting rod 30 the outer end of which is in pivotal connection with the upper end of the rocker arm or lever 31. The lower end of said arm 31 is fulcrumed upon the transversely extending rod 32, the upper end of said arm being provided with an arcuate slot 33 for engagement with the transversely extending bar 34, the latter evidently serving as a means for maintaining the free end of said arm in the proper plane of oscillation during the operation thereof. The arm 31 is connected intermediate its eX- tremities with the bar 35` the outer slotted end of which is slidably mounted uponthe shaft 19. At the inner side of the bar 35 is mounted a roller 36 which engages a cam groove 37 provided in the cam 38 which is fixed to the shaft 19. The cam groove 37 is of such form that upon rotation of the cam 38 intermittent reciprocatory movement will be imparted to the member 35, the latter in turn effecting intermittent oscillatory movement of the arm 31 and which in turn through the medium of the member 30 imparts intermittent reciprocatory movement to the severing frame. ln the operation of the device this intermittent reciprocatory movement imparted to the severing frame will effect the severing of the candy strips into pieces of equal length. The periods of operation of the severing mechanism will be timed to alternate with the periods of operation of the feeding roller 5 so that during the severing operation of the candy strips the feeding of the candy through the discharge openings will cease, thereby preventing j amming or congestion during the cutting operation.

Arranged below the severing mechanism is a transversely extending shaft 39 upon which is arranged a plurality of channel wheels 40. Said channel wheels are removably locked in position on said shaft by setscrews 41 threaded through the hubs of said wheels engaging a bushing. 41 sweated upon said shaft. The shaft in turn is mounted in bearings 39 which are removably secured in the frame members 1 so that when desired the bearing brackets may be removed at'ter which the shaft 39 may be :readily demounted to permit of the reinoval oit the channel Wheels. Said channel Wheels as will be observed by reference es pecially to Fig. l0 are disposed directly below or co-planer with. the discharge opening 7, so that in the operation olf the machine the candy pieces severed by the severing member 28 will drop into the channels in said channel Wheels. Rotation ot' the shaft is effected through the medium of sprocket Wheels l2 and a sprocket chain i3 'which passes thereover, one of said sprocket Wheels being mounted upon the drive shaft O as clearly shown in Fig. 6. With this connection then during the operation otl the machine the channel Wheels 4:0 will be continuously rotated.

Arranged adjacent the channel Wheels 40 and slightly abo-ve the shaft is a transversely extending; shali't 4 4- the respective extremities of which are secured rigidly in the opposite sides of the 'trame l. Rota-tably mounted upon the shaft Lit-i is a plurality olf integrally formed channel rollers 4-5, see especially Fig. 1Q, said rollers being so posin tioned that the peripheries thereof register with the peripheries of the channel Wheels `i0, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and G. Said channel rollers 1l5 are operatively connected through the medium of a pinion 46 Which is pinned thereto and the gear i7 which meshes with said pinion with the shaft 39, the gear T beingl iiXed to the latter. With this construction then it Will be seen that the channel. wheels 40 and the channel rollers l5 will be simultaneously rotated in opposite directions, the candy pieces deposited in the peripheries of said channel Wheels as above mentioned being carried thereon .tor passage between the same and the channel periphcries of said rollers. Arranged belowv the rollers 4115 is a plurality oi? channel segments il-8 the respective extremities of which are secured upon transversely extending bars fifi mounted at their extremities in the opposite sides of the frame l. The segmental members 41S are disposed in close proximity with the peripheries of the channel Wheels -l-O, the curvature of said members -tt corresponding with that of the peripheries of said wheels.

The arrangement is such as Will be ob served that during the operation of the device atter the passage of the candy pieces between the Wheels 4i() and the rollers l5 the saine will be carried by said Wheels for engagement With said segment members 48. The rollers l5 in this operation serve primarily to iteed the candy pieces toward the members Ll-S, the latter through the coperation ot the channel Wheels therewith effect ing the formation of the candy pieces into balls or spheres in the passage thereof through said members; the balls or spherical candy pieces discharged at the lower ends et the segmental members being accommodated in pans or other receptacles prolvided for the reception thereof below the lower terminals of said segmental members.

A candy machine ot' the construction set i'orth is oit' durable construction and of high eiliciency in operation. rlhe channel Wheels l0, channel rollers l5 and the channel mentsiltl are so mounted that the saine-may be readily removed it desired and others of a desirable size arranged in their places. The bottom plate 9 of the hopper 2 is also as above stated, removably arranged in position so that in the alteration in size or position oit' said channel Wheels, rollers and segments, said bottom plate may also be changed to correspond. The parts et the machine are so mounted and disposed that ready ac cess thereto is atlioii'ded and whereby breakage may be readily repntiired and also whereby the mechanism may be readily maintained in a sanitary condition.

llhile lf have illustrated and described the preferred :torni of construction lor carrying my ini-'cntion into etliect, this is capable oit 'variation or modification Without deinirting from the spirit of the invention. l therefore do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction set forth but desire to avail myself et such variations and modiilications as come Within the scope ot' the appended claim.

Having described my invention what lf claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A machine oit the kind descriliied comprising a iframe; a candy lump cutting means in said trame; a shalit rotatively mounted in said iframe; a. sleeve secured ou said shalt; a plurality of grooved candy forming wheels secured independently on said sleci'a; a seeond set oi grooved candy forming wheels :termed integrally and journaled in said frame, said first set and second set ot greeted Wheels enacting to catch .material droliped from said candy lump cutting means and disiimscd lower than the latter in said frame; and a grooved candy liorming sector secured concentric `with cach oft said lirst set ci grooved wheels and disjiosed under said second set olf groovcd wheels, substantially as described.

ln testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specilication iu the presence oi two subscribing Witnesses.

FRANK lil. l/VOOLF.

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